Kosta Tsonev

Kosta Tsonev

Born: June 10, 1929
Died: January 25, 2012
in Sofia, Bulgaria

Movies for Kosta Tsonev...

Title: L'avvocato delle donne
Character: PM Bulgaro
Released: February 14, 1997
Type: TV
L'avvocato delle donne is an Italian television series.
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Title: The Lot
Character: Boris Skarlatov
Released: October 4, 1993
Type: TV
The story of Bulgarian banker Boris Skarlatov.
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Second Death of Gregor Z
Title: Second Death of Gregor Z
Character: Simeon Bojović
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A Swiss-German-Yugoslavian production.
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Chicho Krastnik
Title: Chicho Krastnik
Released: May 2, 1988
Type: Movie
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Yesterday
Title: Yesterday
Character: Vera's father
Released: January 25, 1988
Type: Movie
The 1960s was the time of Beatles and Rolling Stones, the time of sexual revolution. These events have their echo in Bulgarian English-learning school. The school order provokes a protest of the students due to the narrow-minded teachers.
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Sky for All
Title: Sky for All
Released: May 18, 1987
Type: Movie
Anton is a former military pilot. Soon after his transition to civil aviation his wife leaves him. Despite his 45 years, he takes the change hard, the grief of his former job never leaves him. Anton and his crew are all people with interesting fates.
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Title: Home for Our Children
Character: Hristo Aldanov
Released: June 25, 1986
Type: TV
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Echelons of Death
Title: Echelons of Death
Character: Dimitar Peshev
Released: April 28, 1986
Type: Movie
A story about the struggle to save Bulgarian Jews during World War II
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Forest People
Title: Forest People
Released: December 12, 1985
Type: Movie
1929. The owners of a roadside hotel-a man and a woman-kill the merchant. To solve the murder, the investigator sends his undercover agent to the hotel. A passionate love begins between the agent and the woman. She confessed to her lover about the murder. The killer managed to escape, and the woman was sent to prison.
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This Fine Mature Age
Title: This Fine Mature Age
Character: Rumen Iliev
Released: July 1, 1985
Type: Movie
An older man of high social standing begins to understand that he's not as perfect as he believed.
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Title: In Search of Captain Grant
Character: Hetzel
Released: May 13, 1985
Type: TV
Lord and Lady Glenarvan found a bottle in the ocean. This bottle contained a letter from Captain Grant that he and two of his sailors had survived a disaster at sea and need help. Unfortunately, the letter was damaged by water, and the latitude is known (37 degrees), but not the longitude. The Glenarvans decide to find Captain Grant.
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Boris I - Part 1 - The Baptizing
Title: Boris I - Part 1 - The Baptizing
Character: Kliment Ohridski
Released: April 8, 1985
Type: Movie
The picture features the life and deeds of Boris I - strong historic personality, which completes his mission to the full and at the end of his life receives holy orders. Prince Boris I is ruling in the late 9th century. In his youth, he, the brilliant statesman and diplomat, is experiencing heavy defeats in the wars he wages against his neighbors. Nonetheless, he manages not to cede any territories to the enemies. Under his rule, Bulgaria breaks with paganism and joins the Christian community, paying an exorbitant price, a heavy death toll, but there is no other way. The adoption of Christianity in 864 was a historical event of great significance. It guaranteed Boris I much need peace with the Eastern Roman Empire and allowed him to merge the numerous tribes inhabiting the country into a unified nationality and later to found a state. Boris I introduced the Slav script, thus turning Bulgaria into the cradle of Slav culture.
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Boris I - Part 2 - Word For Letters
Title: Boris I - Part 2 - Word For Letters
Character: Kliment Ohridski
Released: April 8, 1985
Type: Movie
Knyaz Boris I reached the most important spiritual insight - the country needed a single language and script. It accepts students of Cyril and Methodius, creating Ohrid and Preslav Literary School. What other nations took centuries, for bulgarians takes place only about 20 years after their baptizing - introduced a Slavonic Alphabet.
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Porwanie
Title: Porwanie
Character: Nikolow
Released: January 9, 1985
Type: Movie
A group of kids takes a boat to save a friend
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Salvation
Title: Salvation
Character: Nikola Bakardzhiev
Released: November 17, 1984
Type: Movie
Bulgarian prisoners of war escape from the Germans in the town of Ohrid.
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Crystals
Title: Crystals
Character: Akademik Abadzhiev
Released: April 24, 1982
Type: Movie
Natural minerals are found all over the world. They represent the wealth of the country they come from. This film conveys the beauty of minerals.
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The Hit
Title: The Hit
Character: Prince Kiril
Released: December 23, 1981
Type: Movie
The action takes part from August 26 to September 9,1944 - the last days of the fascist regime in Bulgaria. At that time, following a decision made by the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party, all-out preparations for an uprising are under way. The central characters are real historical figures representing two antagonistic camps. The film chronicles a series of dramatic events: secret underground meetings, actions of the combat groups and the partisans, strikes and mass rallies, the last attempts of the regime to hold on to power. The film recreates the atmosphere on the eve of the uprising, which culminated in the main thrust: the seizure of the Defense Ministry in Sofia on the night before September 9.
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Typhoons with Gentle Names
Title: Typhoons with Gentle Names
Character: Emil Boev
Released: July 23, 1979
Type: Movie
The Bulgarian intelligence officer Emil Boev is residing in Bern, close to Bulgarian political emigrant Goranov. The Swiss and German women Rosemary and Flora are interested in him. Goranov is killed. Boev searches his apartment and finds few fake diamonds and the list of the spies in Bulgaria. Boev and the boss of a foreign intelligence service Benton are stuck in a bunker together. At the decisive moment, Flora appears and Boev manages to get away with the list of the spies. Boev is on the way to Bulgaria.
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Yuliya Vrevskaya
Title: Yuliya Vrevskaya
Character: Old Bulgarian Rebel
Released: October 2, 1977
Type: Movie
The film is based on a true dramatic story of the fate of a wonderful Russian woman - Countess Yulia Petrovna Vrevskaya, one of the first Petersburg beauties. The events of the movie take place during the Russian-Turkish war for the liberation of the Bulgarian people from the Turkish yoke. An early widowed baroness, having left Petersburg, and having invested all her money in organizing a volunteer sanitary detachment, she becomes a sister of mercy on the front of the Bulgarian war with the Ottoman Empire of 1878.
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The Swimming Pool
Title: The Swimming Pool
Character: Apostol
Released: August 29, 1977
Type: Movie
Apostol, an architect on this side of forty, meets by chance Bella at a swimming pool on the night of her graduation party.
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Requiem for a Slut
Title: Requiem for a Slut
Character: Boev
Released: September 4, 1976
Type: Movie
The intelligence officer Emil Boev is tracking a group of drug addicts, who were recruited by a foreign intelligence office. Among them is Boyan, the son of Emil's dead comrade. He should help the boy. He includes Boyan in the counterintelligence action plan. The faith of the young people is sealed - they should be eliminated as unwanted witnesses. They are given hot doses. Boev and Boyan discover the plot, but it is too late for some of the people. The deadly needle gets in the hand of the girl that Boyan loves. The foreign resident is captured. There is hardly anyone at the grave of the girl. Only Boev and Boyan come and listen the requiem.
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The Weddings of Ioan Assen
Title: The Weddings of Ioan Assen
Character: Aleksander / Yoan Asen
Released: January 3, 1975
Type: Movie
The film takes us back into the times of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom - 13th century. The Bulgarian Emperor - Tsar Ioan Assen - is trying through several marriages to enlarge the State and to support the peace in it.
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My Father, the Painter
Title: My Father, the Painter
Character: the father
Released: February 22, 1974
Type: Movie
A former history teacher, currently a house painter is broke before the New Year. Faith meets him with the rich man, who wants his living room to be painted by 4 o'clock for a hefty pay. The father and his six children begin the heavy task with a song. When all is done, the rich man calls that he is going to pay the house painter on the 2nd of January. The father decides to celebrate New Year no matter what.
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The Great Victory
Title: The Great Victory
Released: February 9, 1973
Type: Movie
The grand auto-tour of Bulgaria begins. Excellent drivers take part in it. The Bonev brothers are in the Bulgarian team. They have decided to win this race no matter what. With great efforts, they manage to get ahead from the rest. An unexpected problem arises - some rocks nave fallen on the road. The confident drivers manage to avoid the crash closely. Their road to victory is open. However, a feeling of responsibility arises. There will be accidents for sure. The brothers stay at he crash site to warn the other.
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The Wolf Pack
Title: The Wolf Pack
Character: Kalinov
Released: March 3, 1972
Type: Movie
The year is 1948 and a counter-revolutionary gang is active in the Pirin region. A State Security officer managed to infiltrate the gang. He becomes "one of their own", but isn't in a rush to complete his task.
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Necessary Sinner
Title: Necessary Sinner
Character: Ivan Asenov
Released: September 24, 1971
Type: Movie
A lawyer must decide whether to help a young man.
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Wrathful Journey
Title: Wrathful Journey
Released: April 23, 1971
Type: Movie
Chavdar gets a degree in geology. He wishes to pursue a scientific carrier, but his father decides that his son should practice his profession in a rich of mineral Rhodopa Mountain. Chavdar meets geologists and locals who love their profession and the region. Here he finds true love with Vanya, a girl born and raised in the mountain. She is a part time geologist student and dreams of finding new ore sources. Chavdar has to leave, and he bids farewell to his friends, certain that one day he will come back to continue his search.
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Title: The Demon of the Empire
Character: Father Matey Preobrazhensky
Released: March 6, 1971
Type: TV
A limited series focusing on the life of Vasil Levski and the Bulgarian fight for independence from the Ottoman Empire.
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There Is Nothing Finer Than Bad Weather
Title: There Is Nothing Finer Than Bad Weather
Character: Evans
Released: March 5, 1971
Type: Movie
A Bulgarian secret service agent is sent undercover to a big Western European company.
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Mr. Nobody
Title: Mr. Nobody
Character: Emil Bobev
Released: May 22, 1969
Type: Movie
A ravishing double agent Emil leaves for a large Western city where he joins the staff of a spy group operating against Bulgaria. Here he meets the elderly Mladenov. With his help, Emil gets an editorial job in a Bulgarian-language magazine. Dimov heads the spy center. Kralev is his deputy. Kralev wants to become a chief and tries to eliminate those who stand in his way. Emil is among them. Lida, Mladenov's daughter has defected from Bulgaria. Disillusioned, she asks Emil to help her to return. He helps her to hide in a small provincial town. Kralev forces him to give away the address. Emil goes to Lida's hotel, but before he arrives here, Kralev blocks his way. Emil makes short work of him. Together with Lida, they hire a speedboat, which rushes them to a Bulgarian ship.
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Liberty or Death
Title: Liberty or Death
Released: January 2, 1969
Type: Movie
In а short but heroic campaign, Bulgarian poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev leads a band of rebels from the Danube to the Balkan Range.
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There Is No Death
Title: There Is No Death
Character: Mladenov
Released: October 21, 1963
Type: Movie
The new supervisor Vasil arrives at the construction site of a dam. Vasil has problems with his men, who mistrust him and reluctantly submit to his perfectionism. He becomes involved with the refreshment bar attendant Lilyana. Vasil, who always wanted children, cannot abandon his childless wife and breaks with Lilyana. When four workers are buried in a tunnel landslide, Vasil makes his way to them and manages to drag them all out, except for Zlatan, a spiteful egocentric, whose legs are caught under a fallen prop. Zlatan begs Vasil to save him, even if it means cutting of his legs. To release the miner's legs Vasil cuts the prop, which is also supporting the roof of the tunnel. Zlatan is rescued. However, Vasil is killed. Since then, the workers say his steps can be heard bellow the dam wall.
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Be Happy, Ani!
Title: Be Happy, Ani!
Character: Boyan
Released: January 7, 1963
Type: Movie
Ani, a charming young girl, is a driver at Sofia Airport. She sends a letter to her boyfriend Boyan, a worker at a large construction site. The letter contains a single word "yes". Boyan starts preparing for a wedding. The Soviet pilot Andrey will soon return home after several years spent working with his Bulgarian colleagues. They arrange a farewell tour of Bulgaria for him on which Ani has to drive him. Because of mistaken jealousy, Boyan tears up his sweetheart's letter.
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The Golden Tooth
Title: The Golden Tooth
Character: Captain Lukov
Released: December 3, 1962
Type: Movie
Captain Lipovanski is badly wounded during World War II. The Germans take him prisoner. After the end of the war, he is set free in a foreign country. He has been deceived that he was sentenced to death as a deserter and that his pregnant wife had died in a Bulgarian concentration camp. He trains for subversive activities against his own country. He is given the codename 'Golden Tooth'. Eager for revenge, he arrives in Bulgaria. There he learns that an agent provocateur has killed his wife, that his child is safe and has been raised in a nursery, and that he himself is respected as a hero. Golden Tooth sets out to eliminate his accomplices. With a file containing valuable documents, the traitors prepare their escape abroad. The spies are caught at the border. Golden Tooth kills the last of the traitors and dies driving his lorry into a precipice.
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The Night of 13th
Title: The Night of 13th
Character: Maj. Andrey Panov
Released: June 5, 1961
Type: Movie
Todor Primov is an officer of the royal army who changes sides and goes over to the partisans. After the war, he graduates in engineering and is appointed manager of several construction projects. His car crashes on the eve of March 13. After his recovery, Primov resumes his work. Yet, secret information starts leaking from the projects and some serious accidents occur. Andrey, who befriended Todor Primov back in the partisan unit, goes to investigate the causes. He knows that Todor was colored-blind while this engineer distinguished colors. Andrey manages to get at the truth: Parvan Primov, Todor's twin brother, has made the car crash. On that night he killed his brother and took his place...
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Poor Street
Title: Poor Street
Character: Petar
Released: September 5, 1960
Type: Movie
The students Yoshkata and Petar share rooms and wartime privations in a poor man's street. Over a glass of vine, Yoshkata often talks about the stage life of genuine beauty. The student is unaware of the passion with which Vaska, the barmaid at the local pub, burns for him. Petar is a member of an antifascist combat unit. The pupil Katya loves him. Petar carries out a sabotage action and comes home wounded. Yoshkata manages to deceive the Germans who rush into their flat that they have been drinking and playing cards throughout the evening. He saves his friend. However, the secret agent notices the doctor's visits. When the police arrive to arrest Petar, Yoshkata tries to resist them and the agent shoots him dead. Petar goes underground. On the day of the liberation, all the residents of the poor man's street celebrate, and Katya and Petar happily reunited. Vaska is there, too, a baby in her arms, the fruit of her love with Yoshkata...
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On a Quiet Evening
Title: On a Quiet Evening
Character: Captain
Released: March 28, 1960
Type: Movie
Chased by the military police force, the partisans Boyka and Anton take refuge in a cave. A grenade explosion dislodges the rock, which seals off the passage.
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The Troop Leader
Title: The Troop Leader
Character: Danyo
Released: August 31, 1959
Type: Movie
Members of a partisan underground unit struggle during the anti-fascist Bulgarian Resistance of World War II.
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Pauper's Joy
Title: Pauper's Joy
Character: Lazar Dabaka
Released: July 28, 1958
Type: Movie
Anthology film based on six short stories by writer Elin Pelin.
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People of Dimitrovgrad
Title: People of Dimitrovgrad
Released: April 30, 1956
Type: Movie
The construction of the first socialist town in Bulgaria - Dimitrovgrad.